The patient had received prior multidrug chemotherapy. There is a G -> A mutation at codon 248 of the p53 gene.
P53 is not expressed.
The cells do not produce immunoglobulin or Epstein-Barr virus. The line was originally contaminated with mycoplasma but has been cured with antibiotics.
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This line was initiated in 1972 by D.J. Giard, et al. through explant culture of lung carcinomatous tissue from a 58-year-old Caucasian male. Cells were described to induce tumors in athmyic mice and to synthesize lecithin.